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Bolton St Catherine's Academy

URN
145314
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
URN
145314
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

42 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

25

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

52

Destinations

25

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: Low confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
28 April 2025
Inspection date
11 March 2025
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

145

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

152

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

99

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.05×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bolton
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Bolton)
School website
https://www.boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bolton to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

50.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

69.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

66.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

34.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

BL2 4HU - Stitch MI Lane, Bolton

Contact details

Address
Stitch MI Lane, Bolton
Postcode
BL2 4HU
Phone
1204332533
Website
https://www.boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bolton
Local authority code
350

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Bolton.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

147

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

151

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 April 202511 March 2025Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 28 April 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      28 April 2025
      Inspected
      11 March 2025
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    65.1%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 89

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    34.3

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    18.8%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    45.7%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    8.0%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    1.4%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    73.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    16.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    34

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary151 (61.4%)
    • Secondary34 (13.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other61 (24.8%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Bolton St Catherine's Academy0 mAll-throughClosed
    Withins School175 mSecondaryClosed
    Firwood High School211 mNot applicableOpen
    Firwood High School211 mNot applicableClosed
    Top o'th'Brow Primary School246 mPrimaryClosed
    Christ's Church CofE Primary School, Harwood396 mPrimaryClosed
    Harwood Meadows Primary School611 mPrimaryOpen
    Harwood Meadows Primary School611 mPrimaryClosed
    Red Lane Primary School661 mPrimaryOpen
    Red Lane Primary School661 mPrimaryClosed
    • Bolton St Catherine's Academy
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Closed
    • Withins School
      Distance
      175 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Firwood High School
      Distance
      211 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Firwood High School
      Distance
      211 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Bolton)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAll-throughBL2 4HUClosed
    • Bolton St Catherine's Academy
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      BL2 4HU
      Status
      Closed
    Top o'th'Brow Primary School
    Distance
    246 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Christ's Church CofE Primary School, Harwood
    Distance
    396 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Harwood Meadows Primary School
    Distance
    611 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Harwood Meadows Primary School
    Distance
    611 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Red Lane Primary School
    Distance
    661 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Red Lane Primary School
    Distance
    661 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed